Track Listings (6) - Disc #1| All Artists: Franco Battiato Title: Pollution Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Water Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 10/9/2006 Genres: International Music, New Age, Pop, Rock, Classical Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Euro Pop, Progressive, Progressive Rock Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 646315717426 |
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Franco Battiato's wonderfully lively 1973 concept album "Pollution" is an audaciously psychedelic album drawn from the space rock dimension with good portions of electronics and keyboard layers. Drawing heavily on the VCS3... more » |
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Album Description Franco Battiato's wonderfully lively 1973 concept album "Pollution" is an audaciously psychedelic album drawn from the space rock dimension with good portions of electronics and keyboard layers. Drawing heavily on the VCS3 synthesizer, Battiato and company (besides himself, three backing band members play synth as well) give Pollution an extreme electronic edge. With comparisons to Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, and Pink Floyd, Pollution was declared "genius" by Frank Zappa. Extremely influential on the '90s Chicago post-rock mafia. Original artwork. New detailed liner notes. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsPsychedelic synth masterpiece foreshadowing so much of what Aquarius Records | San Francisco | 10/15/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Although it's only a very small section inside our store, many of our most devout and curious shoppers have found gem after gem in our Italian Prog section. Franco Battiato is one of those gems for sure. One of those endlessly creative artists who completely defies categorization. Sweeping in scope and eccentric in all the right ways it's no surprise that Battiato has finally begun to get the attention he so rightly deserves, as folks like Jim O'Rourke have gone out of their way to champion these forward thinking sounds from decades ago.
Released in 1973, Pollution is a psychedelic synth masterpiece foreshadowing so much of what was to come in the landscape of electronic music. With out-of-this-world synths that make Rick Wakeman's playing seem pedestrian, and an otherworldly dimension orchestrated to perfection. Like David Axelrod getting super psychedelic and arranging a record for Ash Ra Tempel. So extravagant yet totally coherent. These sounds are so alive, so full of color, wonder and beauty. It goes without saying that as more folks discover this record it will probably be sampled to death, and we wouldn't be all that surprised if Four Tet, DJ Shadow, or Plaid hadn't already borrowed a bit here and there. Like Jean Claude Vannier's L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches, this is an early '70s psych-prog masterpiece that is an across the board AQ favorite!" |
